Bissau-Guinean-North Korean relations

Guinea-Bissau	North Korea

Guinea-Bissau–North Korea relations refers to thecurrent and historical relationship betweenGuinea-Bissau and theDemocratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. Neither country maintains an embassy in their respective capitals.

During theCold War, North Korea – like many other states aligned with theSoviet Union, or in general opposition to colonialism – provided military, political and diplomatic aid to theAfrican Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), the movement fightingPortugal in theGuinea-Bissau War of Independence.^[1] Before independence,Amílcar Cabral and other members of the PAIGC traveled to North Korea, China, and Japan and met withKim Il Sung in North Korea.^[2][3] Following independence, Guinea-Bissau subsequently established diplomatic relations with North Korea on 16 March 1974.^[4] Guinea-Bissau was one of many African countries to recognize North Korea but withhold recognition from South Korea in the mid-1970s.^[5] Formerly, North Korea maintained an embassy inBissau.^[6]

In 1977, a few years prior to being overthrown, Guinea-Bissau's first independent leader – PresidentLuís Cabral – visitedPyongyang, meetingKim Il Sung together with his wife.^[7] On his 70thbirthday, in 1982, Kim Il Sung was awarded the Amílcar Cabral Order by the Bissau-Guinean government.^[8]

• Foreign relations of Guinea-Bissau
• Foreign relations of North Korea

• Bilateral relations of Guinea-Bissau
• Bilateral relations of North Korea

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